Painful Pleasure ep 6-10
THE PAINFUL PLEASURE
EPISODE 6
“Sorry, can you please shift a bit” the voice of this young lady
brought me back to the scene, because i was lost in thought,
as the sight of her made me wonder if she was a student to
be on OAU campus or not. I adjusted my back-pack closer to
me, giving her enough space to sit comfortably. Another
man came, and in no time, the bus was filled up. “E sanwo
o” A man came to the window, telling us to pay, and we did,
I just gave him 500, since that will save me the stress of
waiting for change.
The bus was ready to move, and it did move. I looked at my
left, i saw ‘baba apari’ (bald old man), i looked at my right, i
saw a damsel. “Should i start a conversation with this
beautiful lady or just keep mute “I thought to myself, and
concluded i was going to do the later. So i just minded my
own business, as i gently brought out the story book ‘Romeo
and Juliet by William Shakespeare’ out of my backpack. I
loved this story so much, though I’ve red it thrice already, i
don’t mind reading it again. As the sound of hooting vehicles
and that of moving cars provided the ‘sound effect’ for my
reading, I just focused, ignoring all other things.
“So guys read this too?” I couldn’t believe it was the girl i
wanted to form for that finally broke the silence. Well,
whether i believe or not, Its true, and i had to reply her. “It’s
not for girls only, so i see no reason why i can’t read it.” I
answered. “So you are also going to resume in OAU?” She
asked, When i heard the word ‘also’, i knew i cannot be more
correct in my thoughts.
Me: Yes you?
The girl: Same here. With this your love for literature, you
must be in the arts and humanities
Me: At all, I’m in the sciences, in fact, I’m going in for
microbiology.
The girl: Are you serious? I’m going in for microbiology too.
Me: So, i just met my first departmental friend (I said
looking straight into her cat eyes), so whats the name of my
FDF?
The girl: What’s FDF?
Me: First departmental friend of course!
The girl: You are so funny. Anyways, the name is Moji and
you are. . .
Me: Dapo
Moji: Really? That’s my younger brothers name.
Me: That’s great! Anyway, its nice meeting you
Moji: Same here. . .
We continued the conversation, and we were just choosing
topics at random. We talked about politics, the country, the
music industry and lots of stuffs. I’ve discovered that when
you have someone to talk to, journey seems to be faster.
That was how i met my second mate, and my first
departmental friend. “But wait o, how come i haven’t met
any guy?” I said to myself. Well, at the cafe, there were four
guys waiting to do registration, it was only the girl i talked to
and made friends with. “I have not even entered campus
and I’m already behaving like a girl-freak, if i enter campus,
what will happen? When did i become like this? I wasn’t like
this before!” I thought to myself.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The Painful Pleasure
EPISODE 7
To cut the long story short, we finally got to ‘Campus gate’ in
Ife. I alighted from the bus with my ‘FDF’, and took my load.
Carrying them was not so easy, so Moji offered to carry one
for me, but i told her not to worry.
I saw a large bill board that has “WELCOME TO OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE IFE” boldly written on It, with the
motto “FOR LEARNING AND CULTURE” written underneath. I
was quite shocked when i saw the logo, it was the statue of a
woman, with book on her head. “Does this mean we will
have to read and cram like mad?” I said to Moji, who
laughed at me like i didn’t know what i was saying. “The
statue represents culture, and the book depicts learning as
the motto states” She answered, clearing my ignorance. I
was so surprised that she knew that, since we were both
‘freshers’, so i asked her how she knew that. “My dad
graduated from OAU.”She Answered.
We entered the school gate, and took a bus into campus. As
we were in the bus, i thought to myself, “I won’t want to
make the same mistake i made with Sandra. This one, i must
surely get her my number. So i gave her my (palasa) phone
boldly and said to her. “Something is wrong with my phone,
can you help fix it?” She looked at me like I didn’t know what
i was saying, collecting the phone from me. “What is it?” she
asked. Looking at her like ‘lucosade’, i answered and said.
“Your number is not in it”. She laugged hysterically, and i
joined in the laughter. Then she said “you are so funny,
simple ‘can i have your number will do the trick.’ She took
the phone, and pressed in some 11 digits.
Though, my phone wasn’t quite cool, all the keys were
functioning properly and i was so proud of it. I was given
bedspace in Awolowo Hall, while Moji was given in
Mozambique Hall. So i came down from the Bus before her.
Because there is still a turn before getting to her hostel. I
waved at her, and said “see ya” she smiled and replied
same. This is not like Sandra’s case where i wasn’t sure i was
going to see her again. Even if i didn’t take Moji’s number,
we were in the same department anyway.
I entered my hostel, it was quite crowdy, as people were
going up and down, dragging bags and lockers. Indeed,
school had resumed.
What next? Find out in episode 8
_______________________________________________________________________________
The Painful Pleasure
EPISODE 8
“Block 2, Room 109, Bed no 9, Upper Bunk.” That was written
on my accommodation slip, meaning; that was the room
allocated to me, Awolowo Hall is so Big that i almost got lost,
looking for ‘Block 2’, but after questioning so many people, i
got to my room. That was when i met ‘Nigga Black’.
‘Nigga Black’, whose real name was Emmanuel was a part 3
student of psychology. Seriously, i have never seen someone
so dark. You cannot see him and not notice his ‘darkness’.
We call him other names like: Albino, Kiwi Ambassador,
Black Maria etc. But he was just dark on the outside, he had
a pure heart. So calm, so gentle, never offended and easy
going.
‘Nigga Black’ took my load from me, and showed me to my
bedspace. I dropped my bed on it and carefully arranged all
my load in the cupboard that was assigned to me. It was
then that he started telling me stuffs about campus and
hostel. He told me the story of ‘Africa’, how he was
murdered in block 8. Fear gripped me, as he told me to calm
down, that the days of cultists where over in OAU.
So many other people started coming in, and here are my
room mates: Nigga Black, Mayowa (A part one student of
CPP), Matthew (A deeper life member, and a Direct Entry
student of Mechanical Engineering), Olu (Final year student
of accounting) Emeka (Final year student of Sociology) and
Abdul (Final year student of Agric Economics)
There were three bunks in the room, Nigga Black had been
in the room since the year before so he just stayed in the
room, squatting with us.
There was a party then called “Anglomoz Party”. (Anglomoz
is a place between Angola (A male hostel mainly for
freshers) , Awolowo and Mozambique Hall where people
(mostly boys and girls) meet to talk) It was organized by
Awolowo hall chairman for all fresh-men. So Mayowa
suggested that we attend the party, then i agreed since
lecture was yet to start. It was a night party
When we got to anglomoz, after we had stayed for about 5
minutes, enjoying the various activities, Someone just
covered my eyes with hands from the back. The last time i
did that ‘rubbish’ was when i was in primary 5. I didn’t know
what to say because i did not even know who it was, though i
have very sensitive sense of smell and i knew that perfume’s
smell was familiar. As i gently removed the hands, and
turned back to see who it was. . .
Who was it? It might not be who you think. Find out in
Episode 9
________________________________________________________________________________
EPISODE 6
“Sorry, can you please shift a bit” the voice of this young lady
brought me back to the scene, because i was lost in thought,
as the sight of her made me wonder if she was a student to
be on OAU campus or not. I adjusted my back-pack closer to
me, giving her enough space to sit comfortably. Another
man came, and in no time, the bus was filled up. “E sanwo
o” A man came to the window, telling us to pay, and we did,
I just gave him 500, since that will save me the stress of
waiting for change.
The bus was ready to move, and it did move. I looked at my
left, i saw ‘baba apari’ (bald old man), i looked at my right, i
saw a damsel. “Should i start a conversation with this
beautiful lady or just keep mute “I thought to myself, and
concluded i was going to do the later. So i just minded my
own business, as i gently brought out the story book ‘Romeo
and Juliet by William Shakespeare’ out of my backpack. I
loved this story so much, though I’ve red it thrice already, i
don’t mind reading it again. As the sound of hooting vehicles
and that of moving cars provided the ‘sound effect’ for my
reading, I just focused, ignoring all other things.
“So guys read this too?” I couldn’t believe it was the girl i
wanted to form for that finally broke the silence. Well,
whether i believe or not, Its true, and i had to reply her. “It’s
not for girls only, so i see no reason why i can’t read it.” I
answered. “So you are also going to resume in OAU?” She
asked, When i heard the word ‘also’, i knew i cannot be more
correct in my thoughts.
Me: Yes you?
The girl: Same here. With this your love for literature, you
must be in the arts and humanities
Me: At all, I’m in the sciences, in fact, I’m going in for
microbiology.
The girl: Are you serious? I’m going in for microbiology too.
Me: So, i just met my first departmental friend (I said
looking straight into her cat eyes), so whats the name of my
FDF?
The girl: What’s FDF?
Me: First departmental friend of course!
The girl: You are so funny. Anyways, the name is Moji and
you are. . .
Me: Dapo
Moji: Really? That’s my younger brothers name.
Me: That’s great! Anyway, its nice meeting you
Moji: Same here. . .
We continued the conversation, and we were just choosing
topics at random. We talked about politics, the country, the
music industry and lots of stuffs. I’ve discovered that when
you have someone to talk to, journey seems to be faster.
That was how i met my second mate, and my first
departmental friend. “But wait o, how come i haven’t met
any guy?” I said to myself. Well, at the cafe, there were four
guys waiting to do registration, it was only the girl i talked to
and made friends with. “I have not even entered campus
and I’m already behaving like a girl-freak, if i enter campus,
what will happen? When did i become like this? I wasn’t like
this before!” I thought to myself.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The Painful Pleasure
EPISODE 7
To cut the long story short, we finally got to ‘Campus gate’ in
Ife. I alighted from the bus with my ‘FDF’, and took my load.
Carrying them was not so easy, so Moji offered to carry one
for me, but i told her not to worry.
I saw a large bill board that has “WELCOME TO OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE IFE” boldly written on It, with the
motto “FOR LEARNING AND CULTURE” written underneath. I
was quite shocked when i saw the logo, it was the statue of a
woman, with book on her head. “Does this mean we will
have to read and cram like mad?” I said to Moji, who
laughed at me like i didn’t know what i was saying. “The
statue represents culture, and the book depicts learning as
the motto states” She answered, clearing my ignorance. I
was so surprised that she knew that, since we were both
‘freshers’, so i asked her how she knew that. “My dad
graduated from OAU.”She Answered.
We entered the school gate, and took a bus into campus. As
we were in the bus, i thought to myself, “I won’t want to
make the same mistake i made with Sandra. This one, i must
surely get her my number. So i gave her my (palasa) phone
boldly and said to her. “Something is wrong with my phone,
can you help fix it?” She looked at me like I didn’t know what
i was saying, collecting the phone from me. “What is it?” she
asked. Looking at her like ‘lucosade’, i answered and said.
“Your number is not in it”. She laugged hysterically, and i
joined in the laughter. Then she said “you are so funny,
simple ‘can i have your number will do the trick.’ She took
the phone, and pressed in some 11 digits.
Though, my phone wasn’t quite cool, all the keys were
functioning properly and i was so proud of it. I was given
bedspace in Awolowo Hall, while Moji was given in
Mozambique Hall. So i came down from the Bus before her.
Because there is still a turn before getting to her hostel. I
waved at her, and said “see ya” she smiled and replied
same. This is not like Sandra’s case where i wasn’t sure i was
going to see her again. Even if i didn’t take Moji’s number,
we were in the same department anyway.
I entered my hostel, it was quite crowdy, as people were
going up and down, dragging bags and lockers. Indeed,
school had resumed.
What next? Find out in episode 8
_______________________________________________________________________________
The Painful Pleasure
EPISODE 8
“Block 2, Room 109, Bed no 9, Upper Bunk.” That was written
on my accommodation slip, meaning; that was the room
allocated to me, Awolowo Hall is so Big that i almost got lost,
looking for ‘Block 2’, but after questioning so many people, i
got to my room. That was when i met ‘Nigga Black’.
‘Nigga Black’, whose real name was Emmanuel was a part 3
student of psychology. Seriously, i have never seen someone
so dark. You cannot see him and not notice his ‘darkness’.
We call him other names like: Albino, Kiwi Ambassador,
Black Maria etc. But he was just dark on the outside, he had
a pure heart. So calm, so gentle, never offended and easy
going.
‘Nigga Black’ took my load from me, and showed me to my
bedspace. I dropped my bed on it and carefully arranged all
my load in the cupboard that was assigned to me. It was
then that he started telling me stuffs about campus and
hostel. He told me the story of ‘Africa’, how he was
murdered in block 8. Fear gripped me, as he told me to calm
down, that the days of cultists where over in OAU.
So many other people started coming in, and here are my
room mates: Nigga Black, Mayowa (A part one student of
CPP), Matthew (A deeper life member, and a Direct Entry
student of Mechanical Engineering), Olu (Final year student
of accounting) Emeka (Final year student of Sociology) and
Abdul (Final year student of Agric Economics)
There were three bunks in the room, Nigga Black had been
in the room since the year before so he just stayed in the
room, squatting with us.
There was a party then called “Anglomoz Party”. (Anglomoz
is a place between Angola (A male hostel mainly for
freshers) , Awolowo and Mozambique Hall where people
(mostly boys and girls) meet to talk) It was organized by
Awolowo hall chairman for all fresh-men. So Mayowa
suggested that we attend the party, then i agreed since
lecture was yet to start. It was a night party
When we got to anglomoz, after we had stayed for about 5
minutes, enjoying the various activities, Someone just
covered my eyes with hands from the back. The last time i
did that ‘rubbish’ was when i was in primary 5. I didn’t know
what to say because i did not even know who it was, though i
have very sensitive sense of smell and i knew that perfume’s
smell was familiar. As i gently removed the hands, and
turned back to see who it was. . .
Who was it? It might not be who you think. Find out in
Episode 9
________________________________________________________________________________
EPISODE 9
As i gently removed the hands, and turned back to see who
it was, I saw Sandra standing behind me with that Smile of
hers. “I thought I would never see you again” I said to her
holding her hand. “It’s a small world remember?” She said to
me. . . I introduced her to Mayowa and they shook hands.
The three of us stayed at a spot, and enjoyed the opened
party.
The party was so interesting, as we enjoyed the various
programmes. Some OAU upcoming artistes performed,
some did a rap, others R and B. It was so much Fun. The
popular “Jadon P” Swayed people of their feets, this was a
guy who could create rhymes with whatever you show him.
As if that was not enough, some girls came on stage, shaking
their ‘backsides’ at the speed of light. Guys were shouting
and encouraging these girls. “Who does that? How would you
come on stage and shake your behind for 5 minutes?” I said.
“It’s called twerking.” Sandra replied. After this, a comedian
came on stage, cracking jokes and for real, this guy was
really hilarious. Sandra was just laughing like a chicken.
The MCs came on stage, they wanted to do what they called
“devil’s basket”. So they were passing a basket, so that when
the music stops, if the basket was still with you, you will
come out, pick a piece of paper from the basket, and do
whatever is written in it, or pay a fine of one thousand
Naira.
The basket went round and they stopped the music. Guess
who was holding the basket? Sandra! I was shocked when
the MCs shouted “come on stage”. She mounted the stage,
picked a piece of paper and gave it to one of the MCs, he
read it out. It reads “Bring out two guys, kiss one, and slap
the other.” I was expecting that as a big girl, she would pay 1
thousand, but i was extremely surprised when she came to
Mayowa and I, and took both of us to the stage. I was so shy,
but as a cool guy i had to compose and follow her. I was
puzzled, because she was definitely going to slap one of us,
and kiss the other. If she should kiss me, she would have to
slap Mayowa, leaving Mayowa embarrassed. And if she
should kiss Mayowa (which didn’t really seem likely) she
would have to slap me, and i will be so embarrassed. As we
got to the stage. . .
What did Sandra do? Who did she slap? Who did she kiss?
Find out in Episode 10.
_________________________________________________________________________________it was, I saw Sandra standing behind me with that Smile of
hers. “I thought I would never see you again” I said to her
holding her hand. “It’s a small world remember?” She said to
me. . . I introduced her to Mayowa and they shook hands.
The three of us stayed at a spot, and enjoyed the opened
party.
The party was so interesting, as we enjoyed the various
programmes. Some OAU upcoming artistes performed,
some did a rap, others R and B. It was so much Fun. The
popular “Jadon P” Swayed people of their feets, this was a
guy who could create rhymes with whatever you show him.
As if that was not enough, some girls came on stage, shaking
their ‘backsides’ at the speed of light. Guys were shouting
and encouraging these girls. “Who does that? How would you
come on stage and shake your behind for 5 minutes?” I said.
“It’s called twerking.” Sandra replied. After this, a comedian
came on stage, cracking jokes and for real, this guy was
really hilarious. Sandra was just laughing like a chicken.
The MCs came on stage, they wanted to do what they called
“devil’s basket”. So they were passing a basket, so that when
the music stops, if the basket was still with you, you will
come out, pick a piece of paper from the basket, and do
whatever is written in it, or pay a fine of one thousand
Naira.
The basket went round and they stopped the music. Guess
who was holding the basket? Sandra! I was shocked when
the MCs shouted “come on stage”. She mounted the stage,
picked a piece of paper and gave it to one of the MCs, he
read it out. It reads “Bring out two guys, kiss one, and slap
the other.” I was expecting that as a big girl, she would pay 1
thousand, but i was extremely surprised when she came to
Mayowa and I, and took both of us to the stage. I was so shy,
but as a cool guy i had to compose and follow her. I was
puzzled, because she was definitely going to slap one of us,
and kiss the other. If she should kiss me, she would have to
slap Mayowa, leaving Mayowa embarrassed. And if she
should kiss Mayowa (which didn’t really seem likely) she
would have to slap me, and i will be so embarrassed. As we
got to the stage. . .
What did Sandra do? Who did she slap? Who did she kiss?
Find out in Episode 10.
Episode 10
As we got the stage, everything just went dark and silent, all
the halogen lamps went off and the sound system stopped
working. The generating plant had gone off, what happened
to it, I really can’t understand. Some guys said they had seen
a guy roaming around that area earlier. Probably, the guy
poured salt into the fuel tank. But why exactly would he
have done that? Well it’s a ‘win win’ for me.
Well, everything had gone ‘blank’, so I had to humbly leave
the stage. Sandra was already leaving the stage as I followed
her. Mayowa was nowhere to be found, I thought he ran
away immediately the lights went out, since he was at the
verge of being slapped earlier. I can’t be more thankful for
the whole ‘black out’. Was I really going to kiss a lady in front
of people, expecting them to clap? “The only time that
should happen is on my wedding day, even my mum will
clap.” I thought to myself.
People started leaving ‘anglomoz’, some were condemning
the party, some were blaming the organizers. Some called
the party a ‘flop’. All efforts to bring the generator back on
was to no avail.
I just stayed with Sandra, at one corner in Anglomoz area.
We were just ‘gisting’ in the dark (That was around 2am). By
the time we talked to a point, the whole of Anglomoz was
already scanty, and there were few people there. She was
such a saucy girl, a talkative. We ran out of things to discuss,
so we were quiet for a while.
Sandra broke the silence. “You wanna complete the game or
pay the fine ?” She said. I was quite confused because I
didn’t know she was referring to the ‘kiss-slap’ game. So I
asked, “what are you talking about?” She replied briskly
before I could even finish my question. “The devil’s basket of
course”. My heart beat became 10 times faster, as I didn’t
know what she was up to. But I just remained ‘the man’. “It’s
just me here, and you have to slap someone and kiss
another. How on earth do you want to go about that?” I
asked, pretending to be cool with the whole situation. “Wait
till you find out.” She answered. . . She stood up stood up,
and went to a pole very close to where we sat, and slapped
the pole twice with her left hand. “That’s the slap, now the
kiss.” She said coming closer to me. A part of me was saying
“do it!” and another was saying “don’t”. The closer she came,
the more confused I was. . .
What happened next, find out in Episode 11
the halogen lamps went off and the sound system stopped
working. The generating plant had gone off, what happened
to it, I really can’t understand. Some guys said they had seen
a guy roaming around that area earlier. Probably, the guy
poured salt into the fuel tank. But why exactly would he
have done that? Well it’s a ‘win win’ for me.
Well, everything had gone ‘blank’, so I had to humbly leave
the stage. Sandra was already leaving the stage as I followed
her. Mayowa was nowhere to be found, I thought he ran
away immediately the lights went out, since he was at the
verge of being slapped earlier. I can’t be more thankful for
the whole ‘black out’. Was I really going to kiss a lady in front
of people, expecting them to clap? “The only time that
should happen is on my wedding day, even my mum will
clap.” I thought to myself.
People started leaving ‘anglomoz’, some were condemning
the party, some were blaming the organizers. Some called
the party a ‘flop’. All efforts to bring the generator back on
was to no avail.
I just stayed with Sandra, at one corner in Anglomoz area.
We were just ‘gisting’ in the dark (That was around 2am). By
the time we talked to a point, the whole of Anglomoz was
already scanty, and there were few people there. She was
such a saucy girl, a talkative. We ran out of things to discuss,
so we were quiet for a while.
Sandra broke the silence. “You wanna complete the game or
pay the fine ?” She said. I was quite confused because I
didn’t know she was referring to the ‘kiss-slap’ game. So I
asked, “what are you talking about?” She replied briskly
before I could even finish my question. “The devil’s basket of
course”. My heart beat became 10 times faster, as I didn’t
know what she was up to. But I just remained ‘the man’. “It’s
just me here, and you have to slap someone and kiss
another. How on earth do you want to go about that?” I
asked, pretending to be cool with the whole situation. “Wait
till you find out.” She answered. . . She stood up stood up,
and went to a pole very close to where we sat, and slapped
the pole twice with her left hand. “That’s the slap, now the
kiss.” She said coming closer to me. A part of me was saying
“do it!” and another was saying “don’t”. The closer she came,
the more confused I was. . .
What happened next, find out in Episode 11
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